Area Sport Fishing Reports
Upper Copper/Upper Susitna

Recent Emergency Orders & Press Releases for Upper Copper/Upper Susitna

Archived Sport Fishing Report

June 23, 2022

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Personal Use

  • Dipnetters are reporting excellent catches of red salmon in the Copper River personal use dip net fishery at Chitina. The fishery is currently open through July 3; however, the retention of king salmon is prohibited in the Chitina Subdistrict personal use dip net fishery through Sunday, June 26. Starting Monday, June 27 dipnetters may again retain a king salmon.

Informational Hotlines for Chitina Personal Use Fishery

  • Anchorage: 907-267-2511
  • Fairbanks: 907-459-7382
  • Glennallen: 907-822-5224

Freshwater Fishing

  • All lakes are now open. Lake trout fishing is great on Lake Louise and should be fantastic on Paxson Lake. For a guide to where all the accessible fisheries are, check out Sport fishing Alaska rivers and lakes in the Upper Copper/Upper Susitna River Basin. This guide lists all the fisheries, species available and mile markers along all the major highways crossing the Upper Copper and Upper Susitna Area. Fish the colder headwater streams in the area to find the largest Arctic grayling in our area.

Salmon

  • Sockeye salmon have arrived on the Klutina. Anglers are reporting great fishing and most folks are able to limit out. Remember, your daily bag limit in the area is still just 3 sockeye salmon per day, but now you may have a total of 6 sockeye salmon in possession. So if you are camping for two days you no longer need to get that first day’s catch frozen or canned before fishing the second day.

  • King salmon sport fisheries in the Upper Copper River drainage are restricted to catch and release and bait is prohibited through this Sunday, June 26. Starting Monday, June 27 the king salmon sport fishery will re-open with a one-fish daily bag and possession limit and an annual limit of two king salmon from the upper Copper River drainage. Bait will also be allowed. The only roadside king fishery open will be the Gulkana River, which is still running high but should be fishable around Monday. Most of the king salmon are still in the lower river, but we have some that have reached our counting tower so some are spread throughout the river. The Klutina and Tonsina River king salmon fisheries open on July 1.

Emergency Orders

Please review the Emergency Orders and Advisory Announcements listed at the top of this report in their entirety before heading out on your next fishing trip:

  • Emergency order 3-RS-I-14-22 opens the Chitina Subdistrict personal use fishery from 12:01 p.m. Monday, June 27 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 3, and reinstates the retention of king salmon in this fishery.

  • Emergency order 3-KS-I-15-22 allows for a 1-fish bag and possession for king salmon 20 inches in length or greater and reduces the annual limit from 4 fish to 2. Additionally, the use of bait and treble hooks is permitted where regulations normally allow.

Additional Tips

For more information

Call the Glennallen office at (907) 822-3309 with any questions.

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